Hands On: Microsoft Office Finally Gets Serious About the Cloud (wired.com) 12 points by teamonkey 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] stephengillie 14y ago ↗ Ars Technica article discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4252051
[–] nailer 14y ago ↗ The title is misleading. This isn't a cloud app. The current Office 365 Preview is a desktop app with cloud syncing, that requires WIndows 7 or 8. Reference: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/office-365-enterp...* No iPad / Android tablet* No access where you want without a lengthy installation* No live collaboration.It's just the same old office with Cloud lip service via a dropbox like service. Not sure why Wired thinks that's 'serious about the cloud'.MS should just buy Zoho already. [–] bonaldi 13y ago ↗ Office 365 runs in a browser. I'm not sure why they're not highlighting that on the page you link, but I assume it's because they're also punting OFfice on Demand (citrix-style streaming) [–] nailer 13y ago ↗ Yes, but it requires Windows 7 or 8 ,defeating the purpose. Just like the current Office 365.
[–] bonaldi 13y ago ↗ Office 365 runs in a browser. I'm not sure why they're not highlighting that on the page you link, but I assume it's because they're also punting OFfice on Demand (citrix-style streaming) [–] nailer 13y ago ↗ Yes, but it requires Windows 7 or 8 ,defeating the purpose. Just like the current Office 365.
[–] nailer 13y ago ↗ Yes, but it requires Windows 7 or 8 ,defeating the purpose. Just like the current Office 365.
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[ 22.4 ms ] story [ 88.4 ms ] thread* No iPad / Android tablet
* No access where you want without a lengthy installation
* No live collaboration.
It's just the same old office with Cloud lip service via a dropbox like service. Not sure why Wired thinks that's 'serious about the cloud'.
MS should just buy Zoho already.